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'We can only cordially recommend our readers to see it for themselves before the we Is cut," —Vide Newspapers. RysT A L PALATE. -TO - MORROW. kJ SATURDAY CCOMERT and AFTERNOON PRO IINNADE.—Madarne GR ISI'S la4t and Anly appearanc3.— Admission, If -Of-a-Crown ; Chi!dren under Twelve, me Shil in ; reserved stalls, at the Crystal Palace, and at 6, Exe'er Hall. Being very limited in number, they must be applied for at once. Doors open at Ten. Concert at Three. Afternoon Prome nade at half-past Four. NOTE. —"A more agreeable mesas of passim); a winter afternoon can hardly be imagined thin is now provided every Saturd iy at the Crystal Palace." COMMODORE NUTT & NIINNIE WARREN. ST. JAMES'S HALL. Ficcadilly.— THIS DAY and during the Ili) LIDAYS.—T [MEE GRAND LEVEES DAILY, at Eleven and Eight o'clock. "Na ure's Smallest Edition of her choicest work"—a Bachelor and Belle of mature age, not larger than Two InfiLts ! ! ! At Eleven o'clock they appear in the identical WEDDING co;Tumn worn by them at the Marria , .!e of GEN. TOM THUMB; and they also perform Sone - s, Duets, Dances, &c., giving several Comic iiersonAtions, with an entire cringe of programme at each Levee. They will be drawn to and from St. James's Hall in their Lilliputian Carriage by four of the Smallest Ponies in the world, presented to them by General Tom Thumb; Box ,ffice from 10 till 4 o'clock. - - - - Admission, is. and 2s. ; reserved seats, 3s, Chlthen half price to the 2s. and 3s. seats• i ir illE WORLD of WONDERS by the WIZARD of the NORTH.—GREAT ATTRACTION for the HOLIDAYS, GREAT ST. JAMES'S HALL, every night at 8, Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday afternoons at 3. The Second•S l ht by Ms= Anderson, also the Great Rope tying Mystery by Miss Lizzie Anderson and Mr. Sutton. - • -- - • Admission, Is. ; balcony, 2s. ; stalls, 3s. - UR. and Mrs. GERMAN REED, with Mr. 11 IL JOHN PARRY. In THE RIVAL COMPOSERS, in which the Sisters Pry will appear, with THE BARD and HIS BIRTHDAY ; and to cone ude with MRS. ROSELE AF AT TII E SEA-S i OE. By Mr. John Parry. Every Evening (except Saturday) at Eights t'iaturday Afternoon, at. Three. etwitOTAL - GALLERY OF ILLUSTRA It, Regent street. Unreserved seats, ls., 28. ; stalls, Is. ; stall spring chairs, ss. OPERA DI CAMERA, the SOLDIER'S LEGACY, by Mactarren, and TOO MANY COOKS, by Offenbach. Every TUESDAY and T RURSDAY, at Three. T ii E 0 X F OR D, 6, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury 11 , 11 Company (limited. ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (01T , nhach's brilliant Opera Coinique), is achieviwz an unprecedented success. Vide, the Song: Bceotia ;" "The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and the spirited "Hdliho " Chorus, b v Eurydice, Diana, Cupid, ar.d horns ; the side-spliGing "Couplets," by Minerva, Diana, Venus, Cupid, Pluto, and Chorus ; a d dual Minu and Gulop. Peincipal characters by Misses Russell, Fitz henry, Barrie, Tyrrell, and Walmsley ; Messrs. Greene and Lascellcs. Also, the new Cantata, KING CHRISTMAS, written by Litchfield Mosely, Esq , and composed by Herr Meyer Lutz, expressly for this esaulishment. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. TILE DESCENT OF MERCURY, by air. Jas. Talli)tt. LE MONSTRE CIIARME, by 31. SILVESTRE. Comedy, by Mr. WILLIAM RANDALL, Mr. GASTON MURRAY, LITTLE 808, and all the procurable Talent of the day. kJA N T F, R Hi A T. L. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). HODGE PODGE, the most extraordinary Christmas Entertainment in Lon doa (inclulng the whole strength of the establishment), should be seen to be appr• elated. The usual raper .tic Sele'tions by Hisses Russell, Barrie, Hays, Godden, &c. ; Messrs. La•celles, Harland, reaumont, Kimberley, &c. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. Extra Comedy by Mr. and Mrs. Randal', Mr. Hilton, Stacey, Woodman, Little Bob, &c. Every even rag at 7 o'clock. R OYAL CAMBRIDGE MUSIC HALL, Commercial-street, Shoreditch. (Close to the Great Eastern Terminus. Sole Proprietor, Mr. G. W. NUGENT. SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS UP TO CHRISTMAS. Operatic Selections, &c. Prima Donna, Miss ELLD.ON. The Comic sti en,c.r,th of the Company includes ANNIE ADAMS, NE LLY powEr, J. G. FORDE. WEST, GEO. LEY BOURNE, Mr. HERBERT, J. F. ALEXANDER and Family; LES FRERES CAVALLINI, the great Italian Clowns and Gymnasts, from the Cirque Napoleon, Paris, their first appearance in England. Permanent prices —Area, 4d. ; balcony, 6d. ; stalls, Is. Manager and Conductor, Mr. C. GeE VILLE. A RGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. LEVY will appear at nine, ten, and eleven o'clock during the week and play new music nightly. Admission, One Shilling. CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. ivrADAmF, TUSAUDig EXHIBITIO _llll eitablished 2iLyeara .‘lll4lha naiter-strect NEW AD DITION.—A Fall-lentzth PORTRAIT MODE_ of MULLER, taken from life, and corrected from the Cast t•tken by Doctor Donovan, is now added to the Chamber of Pliys!ognomy. open, on lloxin:e Day only, from 10 a.m. till 10 p.m,; other days from 11 a.m. till 5 p m., and from. 7 ill 10. Admittance, One Stirling ; extra rooms, Sixpence. ET H. -IMPROVED MECHANICAL DENTIS DPI.- Professional abilities and great artistic skill have been most successfully combined in the pro 'uction of AI: fl I [CIA L T EET 14 upon a new principle. The real value o the nerfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi enced by all wishing to avail themselves of professional assistance by =suiting Me. ALBERT, 34, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury. whose experience has en.blecl him to eifcct such admirable, convenient contrivances by artificial means, and which are so perfectly efficient. TE E T ESKELL'S PATENT,—The exclusive right to tills Patent was Secured to Ur. Eskell, of Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, by her Ma jesty's Royal al (July 17, 18f0), and can only be pl ocured at his , Tsidence, where specimens maybe seen, and every infor mit'on can be obtained. Uilder tills Pa:ent, Artificial Teeth, to last a lifetime, are mace, Piaci fitted in a few hours without pain or extractions. They support loose teeth, and protect tender gums; their resemblance to nature is perfect and un detectable, and they are guaranteed for mastication and articulat;pu. Tfeatise on the subject sent for seven stamps. Consultations free. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. "Mr. Eskell, dental-surgeon, has succeeded in producing; artificial teeth, and so eonstructi .r.r, them that they last their Purpose a lifetime. . . The process has been patented, and promises to be most valuable."—Court Journal, August 4, 1800. "A surpr'sing novelty in the adaptation of artificial teeth the gum by a patented principlo, which scour , s the most pence,. aid, combined with th-. greatest ease and agreeable appearance."—Aforning,r Adver tiser l August 9, 1800, Decayed teeth stopped, &c. Terms strictly moderate. 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. pRIZE MEDAL—INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER Jr CO., Wax Chandlers, dm, &0., To the Queen and the Prime of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, In 1862, testifies to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation Which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality s. Od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. • • ls. sd. per lb Second quality • • • • • • .. ls. 3d. per lb. Third quality •. • • • • • .. ls. id. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRA..NCIS TUCKER AND CO., South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library, ind Dining-room, consisting of a new and e,egant assort- Men t VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &0., in Italian, Alabas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &O. Imported and manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mine ralogist to her Viajesty, 149, Stand, W.C., Lonaon. 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A General flalf-yearly Court was held at the London Tavern, on Wednesday. Dec. 28. 1864, It. C. L. Bevan, 14:sq., in the Chair, when an election of Fifteen Children, nine Boys and six Gir:s, took place. The following is the result of the poll : Gnus. SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES Borg. Cooper, Fredk. Wm 614 Masterman, Chas. Wm 441 Claridge, Napoleon A. 377 Puttiek, James 365 Freeman, Geo. Alderson 317 1 Rutherford, A. Kirkwood 340 Char.man, Edwd. Stuart 329 artlPy, Gasz.e. Nash lid. 328 Dugdale, J. E. UNSUCC Wrightson, F 222 Cox, W. F Tatner, W. R l6O Hodgson, 11. R 134 Ex!ev, M. J. Headlaiio, T. P lOB Wright, J. G. lO5 Lafount, R. A. .. ~.,• • •• 86 Douglas, J. E 3O Martin, Hall Offices, 76, Cheapqde, Londi ;Martin, E. Bernard, A. E. 406 Mordaunt, A. ➢i. North, C S22 Phillips, A. M. Castor, M. S 296 !ESSFUL. Buck, E Bouts, A. M. Oldknow, Taylor; E. B Wootton, C. A. ll3 Todhunt: r, E 11 BB Morris, 31. 71 Moore, J. A 47 n i; LENDON, Secretary. , n, L'ec. 28, 1864. PARIS. -THE GRAND HOTEL, Bo2levard des Cappeines, Place de Nouvelle Opera, opposite the Rue de la Paix, and near the Theatres. Has been o ened smce July, 1862. It contains 701 bed rooms, prices from 4fr. to 25fr. ; 70 drawing-rooms, horn sfr. to 30fr. ; a magnificent salon, capable of dining more than =persons, end where there is a table d'hôte at six o'o'ock. D.n..ers an i breakfasts are served i la carte in the coffee rooms, as we 1 as in the apartments. There is a Leading - - oom w.th the best English and foreign papers and publica tions, a music-room and a drawing-room for the use of tra vellers without any additional charge. There are also baths, billiard-rooms, smoking divans, post-office ; cabs, cirriages, and omnibuses going to the railway stati.n The servants speA all lang.iages. This superb Hotel, possessing all tht modern luxury ard comfort can combine, and situ ited in the most fashionable part of Paris, is recommended to the atten- tion of travellers. Independently of their Two Hotels, the Compagnie Immo biliere has esta bl 'shed an extenive Priv ate Furnished House on the Boulevard des Capucines, opposite the Rotunda of the Grand Hotel, where Families can reside as in their own private residences, and where they may rely upon finding the u' most comfort. how oxygen gas may be made in a common tobacco pipe, by putting into the bowl of the pipe a mixture of the chlorate of potasa and peroxide of manganese, and heating it, after covering it over with clay, he proceeded to exhibit a number of brilliant experi ments by the combustion of phosphorus, powdered charcoal, and other substances, in oxygen gas. The most remarkable experiment consisted in throw• ing a blast of oxygen gas on to molten iron, when a cascade of resplendent stars of fire, of large sits, issued from the crucible, producing a very beautiful eff,et. Dr. Frankland said that an ana lysis of the fireworks, for which the Japanese are celebrated, shows them to consist of a mixture of 31 parts, by weight, of nitre, 11 of sulphur, and 1 of carbon, the composition being nearly similar to that of making "spur fire," which was at one time common in this country. He exhibited some Japa nese matches made in that manner, which threw out numbers of large and brilliant sparks, and he greatly excited the juvenile portion of his audience by stating to them that in his next lecture he should bring some of the matches to distribute amongst them. Several of the properties of hydrogen gas were next more particularly noticed. Its levity, compared with air, was illustrated by the inflation of a small balloon ; and the explosive power of the gas when mixed with oxygen was shown in a variety of Experimentiyittitteepf . which Dr. Frank• land - inflated a - nal - alter of 'small soap bubbles with an explosive mixture of the gases, and ignited them on his hand, where they'exploded with a loud re port. In the next lecture he will illustrate how coal was put together by Nature. Pembroke (district)—Sir J. Owen died, February 1861— Sir Hugh Owen Pembrokeshire—Lord Emlyn became Earl of Cawdor, January 1861—Mr G. Lora-Phillips Plymouth--Lord Valletort became Earl of Mount-Edg cumbe, September 1861—Mr W. Morrison Pontefract—Mr Overend resigned, January 1860—Mr Childers ; Mr Monokton Mines was created Lord Hough ton in July, 1863—Major Waterhouse Preston—Mr Cross resign',d, March 1862—Sir T. G. Heskoth Rad a lor—Sir G. C. Lewis died, April 1863 —Mr R. Green Pi ice. Reading—Sir H. S. Keating was appointed a judge in the Court of Common Pleas, January, 1860—Sir F. H. Goldsmid—Mr F. Pigott was appointed Governor of the Isle of Man, October, 1860—Mr Sergeant Pigott —on the appointment of Mr Sergeant Pigoteto a judgeship in the Court of Exchequer, October, 1863—Mr Shaw Lefevre. Reigate—Hon W. J. Monson became Lord Monson, January, 1863—Mr G. W. Leveson-Gower. Richmond—Mr Rich resigned, July, 1861—Sir Roundel! Palmer. Ripon—Mr Ashley-Warre died, December, 1860—Mr R. A. Vyner. Scarborough—Hon W. H. Denison became Lord Lon.. desberough, January, 1860—Mr J. D. Dent. Shoreham—Sir C. Burrell died February, 1862—Sir P. Burrell. Shrewsbury—Mr Blaney died May 1862, Mr H, Robert eon. Shropshire (South)—Hon R. Windsor-Clive died, Sep. tember, 1859—Sir B. Leighton. Somi ked, ,February, 1863 —Mr W. IL P. Gore-Langton. Southampton—Mr Wilcox died, November, 1862—Mr Alderman Rose. Southwark—Sir Charles Napier died, December, 1860— Mr Layard. Stafford—Mr Wise resigned, August, 1860—Mr Alder man Sidney. Stockport—Mr Kershaw died, May, 1861—Mr Watkin. Stoke-upon-Trent--Mr Ricardo died, August, 1862—Mr H. B. Grenfell. Suffolk (West)—Earl Jermyn became Marquis of Bristol, November, 1864—Lord Augustus Hervey. Surrey (West)—Mr Drummond died, February, 1860— Mr G. Cubitt, Sussex (West)—The Earl of March became Duke o: Richmond, October, 1860—Colonel Barttelot. Tamworth—Lord Ravenham became Marquis Towns. bend, October, 1843, Mr J. Peel. Taunton—Right Hon H. Labouchere was created Lord Taunton, August, 1859—Mr G. C. Bentinek Tewkesbury—Hon; F.; Lygon resigned, in order to stand for West Worcestershire, October, 1863; writ issued in February, 1864—Mr R. Yorke Thetford—The Earl of Euston became Duke of Grafton April, 1863—Lord F. Fitzroy Totnes—Mr Mills died Nov. 1862—Mr Fender ; the Earl of Gifford died Dec, 1862—Mr A. Seymour Tynemouth—Mr Taylor resigned April, 1861—Mr R. Hodgson Wakefield—Mr W. H. Leatham was unseated in July, 1859, but no new writ was issued until Feb, 1862 Sir J, Hay Warwickshire (North)—Mr Spooner died Nov, 1861— Mr W. D. Bromley Whitby--Mr Robert Stephenson died Oct, 1859—Mr H. S. Thompson Wilts (South)—The Right Hon Sidney Herbert was created a peer Feb, 1861—Mr Hervey Bathurst Winchester—Sir J. B. East resigned Feb, 1864—Mr Fleming Windsor—Mr Hope died Oct, 1863—C0l Vyse Wolverhampton—Sir R. Bethell was appointed Lord Chancellor, June, 1861—Mr Weguelin Worcester (City)—Mr Laslett resigned March, 1860— Mr Padmore Worcestershire (East)—Mr Foley died Dec, 1861—Mr 11, Foley Vernon Worcestershire (West)—Lord Elmley became Earl Beau champ Oct, 1863—Hon F. Lygon Wycombe—Eir G. Dashwood died March, 1862—Mr J. R. Mills Yorkshire (North Riding), Mr Caylcy died Mardi, 156: —Mr Morritt IRELAND. Antrim—Gen Upton became Lord Templeton May, 1863 —Mr O'Neill Armagh—Mr Close resigned March, 1861—Col Stronge Bandon—lion W. S. Bernard died Feb, 186 . 3 7 -11 on iy, B. Bernard Belfast—M: Davison resigned June,lB6o—Mr S. G. Gat3 Carlow—Capt Banbury resigned July, 1862—Mr W, I', Beresford Clare—Colonel White was unseated, March, 1860—Mr Calcutt; on the death of Mr Calcutt, July, IS63—Sir C. Loghlen. _ _ Cuferaine—Mr Boyd died, February, 1862—Sir H. Bruce Cork (county)—Mr Sergeant Deasy was appointed a Judge in the Irish Court of Exchequer, February, 1861 —Mr Leader Cork (city)—Mr Fagan died, June 1859 Mr Lyons Donegal—Sir E. Hayes died, July 1560—Lord Hamilton Dublin (county)—Mr J. H. Hamilton resigned, April, 863—Mr I. T. Hamilton Ennis—Right Hon J. D. Fitzgerald was appointed a judge in the Irish Court of Queen's Bench, February, 1860 —Mr S tacpoole Kinsale—Sir John Arnott resigned, May 1863—Sir G. Colthurst. Lisburn—Mr Richardson resigned, February, 1863—Mr J. D. Barbour; on Mr Barbour being unseated, June, 1863 —Mr E. W. Verner Londonderry (city)—Sir R. Ferguson died, March, 1860 Mr M , Crmick Longford—Colonel H. White resigned, June, 1861— Colonel Luke White ; on Colonel White being appointed a Lord of the Treasury in March, 1862, he presented himself for re-election, but was beaten by Major O'Reilly New Ross—Mr Tottenham resigned, May, 1863—Colonel Tottenham. Roscommon—Mr Gaff was unseated, Marcb, 1860—Mr C. O'Connor Sligo—Right Hon John Wynne resigned, August,lB6o —Mr Macdonough. Tralee—Captain O'Connell was appointed a Commis sioner of Income Tax, May, 1863—Right Hon Thomas O'Hagan G _UARDIAIV FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. CHARLES WILLIAM CURTIS, Esq., Chairman. CIIARLES F. D E VAS, Esq., Deputy Chairman. henry Hulse Berens, Esq., ,G. J Shaw Lefevre, Esq.,3ll'. Ilenry Bonham Carter, Esq. i John Martin, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. .Minto Farquhar, 8t..,,..M.1VA, James Morris-, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. ' Henry Norman, Esq. Tames Goodson, Esq. Henry R. 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Yesterday afternoon Dr Frankland delivered the second of his Christmas course of lectures, " On the chemistry of coal." Reverting to the properties of carbonic acid, which formed the subject of the previous lecture, and to its power of extinguishing flame, he mentioned, as a striking instance of that property, that a coal mine which had been burning for upwards of 30 years was extinguished by Mr Goldworthy H. Garney in the course of a month by directing a current of carbonic acid through the passages of the mine. Though carbonic acid does not support combustion under ordinary circum stances, it supports the combustion of potassium, which substance, when ignited in a glass tube fiiled with carbonic acid, continued to burn; and a quantity of carbon arising from the decomposition of the carbonic acid was deposited in the tube. The three forms in which carbon is known are— carbon, graphite, and diamond, which, in chemical composition, are exactly alike, though so different in their mechanical aggregation ; and each of them when burned yields carbonic acid. The combustion of diamond was effected with great brilliancy in a jar of oxygen gas, after the gem had been ignited by a voltaic battery,and the product of the combus tion was shown to be carbonic acid by its rendering bary ta water turbid, in the same manner as gaseous product of the combustion of carbon and graphite. The principal part of yesterday's lecture was eccupied with the exemplification of the properties of oxygen and hydrogen gases, which are the con• stituents of water, eight-ninths of the weight of water consisting of oxygen. Though oxygen gas is the principal supporter of combustion, it does not itself burn. It constitutes about one-fifth of the bulk of atmospheric air, and, when in an unadul terated form, combustible bodies burn in it with great energy. The constitution of water was shown first by burning a piece of sodium in water, by which process the oxygen of the water was ab stracted to support the combustion, and the hydro gen was left in the vessel, and in the second place by the decomposition of water by voltaic electri city, the products of the decomposition being col lected in two separate tubes, in one of which the oxygen was collected, and in the other the hydro gen, which occupied double the space. The oppo site properties of the two geseous products were shown by the burning of hydrogen and the bril liant ignition of a taper in oxygen. Hydrogen gas, though very inflammable, extinguishes flame; as was shown by setting fire to hydrogen contained is an inverted glass. It inflamed round the edge of the vessel, where it was in contact with the atmo sphere, but it extinguished a lighted taper. Thas, as Dr Frankland observed, water and carbonic acid, from which coal is formed, extinguish flame, and when those compound substances are resolved into their elements, one element is highly inflammable, and the other, though not inflammable, is the prin. cipal supporter of all combustion. Haying shown The Changes in the Present Parliament. The existing Parliament was begun and holden on the 31st of May, 1859, and has therefore been in existence five years and seven months. During this brief period a change has passed over the per• sonnel of nearly one-fourth of the House of Com mons, for no less than 154 of its members have been removed by death, resignation, promotion, and other causes. The prospect of a general election at no distant period may render of soma interest the an nexed history of the losses sustained by the present Parliament from the time of its assembling to the close of 1864 : ENGLAND :AND WALES. And over—la July, 1861, Mr W. Cubitt, then Lord Mayor of London, resigned his seat for this borough to contest the City with Mr Western Wood, and was succeeded by Mr 11. B. Coles—in December, 1862, on the death of Mr Coles, Mr Cubitt was re-elected—in November, 1863, on the death of Mr Cubitt, Mr W. H. Humphery Barnstaple—Mr Potts died, October, 1863—Mr T. Lloyd unseated in April, 1864, and the seat taken by Mr R. Bremridge _ _ Berkshire—Captain Leicester Vernon died, April, 1860— Mr IL Ihnyon Berwick—Mr It. A. Earle resigned, August, 1859—Mr D. C. Marjoribanks—Captain Gordon died, June, 1863 Mr %V. Cargill Beverley—Mr It, IV alter unseated August, 1859—Mr J. It. - sv alker Birkenhead— Allotted a member in December, 186 l—Mr John Laird li,;dmin—Dr Michell resigned, August, 1859—Mr J. Wyld. Bolton—Mr Crook resigned, February, 1861—Mr T. Barnes Boston—Mr Herbert Ingram died, September, 1860—Mr J. W. Malcolm Bradford—Mr Titus Salt resigned, February, 1861—Mr W. E. Foster Brighton—Sir G. Pechell, died, July, 1860 Mr J. White; Mr Coningham resigned, February, 1861—Mr II Moor Bucks—The Hon. W. G. Cavendish became Lord Ches. ham, Dec., 1863—Mr IL Bateson Harvey Cambridge (Boro'ugh)—Mr Steuart resigned, February, 1863—Mr F. S. Powell Cambridgeshire—Mr BAH resigned, Feb., 1863—Lord G. Canterbury—Mr Butler-Johnstone resigned, Feb., P 62 —Mr 11. A. Butler-Johnstone Carlisle—Sir James Graham died, Nov., 18G1—Mr E Potter Carmarthen—Mr D. Morris die', Nov., 18G1—Mr W Morris Chichester-1 1 1r Freeland resigned, Fvb., 1863--Mr J Abel Smith Coventry—Right Hon. E. Ellice died, October, 1863 Mr Treherno Cumberland (West)— General Sir H. Wyndham died, August, 1860—Hon. Percy S. Wyndham Dartmouth—Mr Sehenley was unseated, August, 1859 Mr Dunn ; on the death of Mr Dunn, October, 1860—Mr J. Hardy Devizes—Captain Gladstone died, Feb., 1863 Hon. W. W. Addington ; on Mr Addington becoming Lord Sid • mouth, April, 1864—Sir R. Bateson DevOnport —Sir Erskine Perry was appointed a member of the Indian Council, August, 1859—Sir M. Seymour ; Right Hon. James Wilson was appointed Indian Finance Minister, August, 1859—Sir A. W. Buller; Sir M. Sey mour was appointed commander in chief at Portsmouth, Feb., 1863—Mr Ferrand Dorsetshire—Mr Ker Seymer resigned, Feb., 1864 —Mr J. Floyer Durham (city)—Sir W. Atherton died, Jan., 1864—Mr Henderson Durham (North) —Lord A. V. Tempest died, June, 1864 —Sir H. Williamson Exeter—Mr Divett died, July, 1864—Lord Courtenay Finsbury—Mr Duncombe died, Dec., 1861—Mr Cox Flintshire—Mr Lloyd-Mostyn died, May, 1861—Lord R. Grosvenor Gloucester (city)—Messrs Price and Monk were un seated, August, 1859, but no new writ was issued until February, 1862—Hon C. P. Berkeley, and Mr J. J. Powell Gloucestershire (East) —Sir C. W. Codrington died, July, 1861—Sir M. H. Beach Great Grimsby—Lord Worsley became Earl of Yare borough, February, 1862—Mr J. Chapman Harwich—Hon W. F. Campbell became Lord Stratheden March, 1860—Hon R. T. Rowley Hastings—Lord H. Vane became Duke of Cleveland, October, 1864—Mr Waldegrave, Leslie Herts—Mr Giles-Puller died, March, 1864—Mr Snrtees Honiton—Mr Locke died, October, 1860 —Mr Moffat Hull—Mr Hoare was unseated, Aug., 1859—Mr Somes Kent (East.)—•lMr Deedes died, January, 1863—Sir E. C Dering Kidderminster —Mr Bristow resigned, May, 1862—Hon Luke White. Lambeth—Mr Roupell resigned April, 1862—MrDoulton Lancashire (South) —Third seat granted, August, 1861— Mr C. Turner Lancaster—Mr Garnett resigned, April, 1864—Mr E. M. Fenwick. Leicester—Dr Noble died, Jan., 1861—Mr Heygate—Mr Biggs resigned, Feb., 1862—Mr P. A. Taylor Lewes —Right Hon Henry Fitzroy died, December, 1859 —Mr Blenoowe Lincoln—Major Sibthorp died, Oct., 1861—Mr Seely; Mr Heneage resigned, in order to contest Great Grimsby, Feb., 1862—Mr Bramley-Moore. Liskeard—Mr R. W. Grey was appointed a commissioner of customs, Aug., 1859 —Mr Bernal Osborne London (city)—Lord John Russell was created a peer, July, 1861—Mr Western Wood; Mr Wood died, May, 1863 —Mr G. J. Goschen Ludlow—Colonel Herbert resigned, Sept., 1860—Hon P. H. Windsor-Clive; Mr Beulah Bolfield died, August 1863—Sir W. A. Fraser Lymington—Sir J. R. Carnac resigned, May, 1860—Lord G. Gordon-Lennox Marylebone—Sir B. Hall was created Lord Llanover, July, 1859—Lord Fermoy ; Mr Edwin James resigned, April, 1861—Mr Harvey Lewis Monmouthshire--Colonel E. Somerset resigned, June. 1859—Mr Poulett G. Somerset Montgomery (district) —Mr Pugh died, April, 1861 Captain S. Willes-Johnson ; on the death of Captain John son, July, 1863—Hon. C. liarbury- Tracy Montgomeryshire--Colonel Herbert Wynn died, June, 1862—Mr C. W. Wynn Newcastle—Mr Ridley was appointed a Copyhold En closure Commissioner, November, 1860—Mr S. A. Beau mont Northampton—Right Hon. Vernon Smith was created - - - -- - Lord Lyveden, July, iBs9—Lord HenLy Norwich—Lord Bury and Mr Schneider wero unseated, July 1859, but no new writ was issued until March, 1860— Mr E. Warner and Sir W. Russell Nottingham (borough)—Mr Mellor was appointed a judge in the Court of Queen's Bench, December, 1861—Sir R. J. Clifton Notts (South)—Lord Newark became Earl Manvers, November, 1860—Lord Stanhope Oldham—Mr W. J. Fox resigned, May 1862—Mr J. T. Hibbert Oxford (city)—Mr Langston died, October 1863—Mr Neate Oxfordshire—Ur Vernon Harcourt died, February 1862 —Colonel Fano SCOTLAND. Aberdeenshire—Lord Haddo became Earl of Aberdeen December, 1860—Mr Leslie Ayrshire—Lord Crichton Stuart died, October, 1859 Sir J. Fergusson Banffshire—Major Duff resigned, April, 1861—Mr R. W. Duff Fifeshire—Mr Erskine Wernyse died, April, 1864 —Sir R. Anstruther Forfarekire—Lord Duncan became :Earl of Camperdown, Jan., 1860—Hon C. Carnegie Kirkcaldy—Colonel Ferguson resigned, July, 1862—Mr R. S. Aytoun Selkirkshire—Mr Lockhart resigned, Aug., 1861—Lord Henry Scott Sutherlandshire—The Marquis of Stafford became Duke of Sutherland, March, 1861—Sir D. Dundas Wick —Mr Laing was appointed Indian Finance Minister, Oct., 1860—Viscount Bury In confining ourselves to the changes which have taken place in the House of Commons, we have not noticed the re• elections consequent on the formation of Lord Palmer ston's Government in June, 1859. In the majority of cases the new Ministers were returned without opposition, and in the few instances where the seats were contested the members of the Administration were successful, Thus, at Bedford, Mr Whitbread, as Lord of the Admiralty, was victorious over Captain Polhill Turner—at Hertford, Mr Cowper, as Vice-President of the Board of Trade, van quished Mr Dimsdale—at Newcastle, Mr Headlam, as Judge-Advocate-General, beat Mr Cuthbert—at the Uni. versity of Oxford, Mr Gladstone, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, was an easy winner over the Marquis of Chandos—at Sandwich, Mr Knatchbull-Hugessen, as a Lord of the Treasury,was successful over Sir James Fergus son—and in Cork county Mr Sergeant Deasy, as Attorney. General for Ireland, won a victory over Viscount Campden. The only instance in which a member of the Government has appealed to his constituents and lost his seat was in the ease of Colonel White at Longford, _ _ An analysis of the changes will show that of the 160 members returned by the 52 counties of England and Wales, 26 have been elected since May, 1359, representing 6,199,329 of the population, and 160,829 electors. Of the 333 sent by the 240 cities and boroughs, 96 are new members representing 76 constituencies, 3,634,277 inhabitants, and 248,334 electors. Total changes in England and Wales, 102 constituencies, 122 members, representing in the aggregate 9,853,606 of the population, and 379,163 electors. Among the 64 members returned by the 32 counCes of Ireland, there have been 11 changes in nine constituencies, whose population at the last census was 1,937,594, and whose united electoral roll contains 56,0.52 names. Ireland's 33 cities and boroughs return 39 members, and in 11 of these constituencies there have been 12 changes, the population amounting to 259,402, with 9,154 electors. Total changes in Ireland, 20 constituencies, 23 members, representing 2,196,986 persons, with 65,196 electors. Scotland has 30 members allotted to its 33 counties, and in these there have been seven changes, the population amounting to 874,645, while the electors number 20,783. Distributed amongst the 76 cities and burghs of the sister kingdom are 53 mem bers—only two have been :changed, the population of the districts amounting to 40,471, with 1,537 electors. Total changes in Scotland, nine members, representing 915,116 persons, with 22,320 electors. It will be seen that, adding I the.boroughe to the counties, since the general election, 131 PR1CE...... ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. constituencies in the United Kingdom have sent 154 new members to Parliament, representing a united population of 12,265,718, with 466,679 electors. But, dividing the boroughs from the counties, the changes in the three kingdoms give these results :—ln the counties—consti tuencies, 42—members, 44—population, 9,oll,s6S—elec tors, 237,654. In the cities and boroughs—constituencies, 89— members,110—population, 3,953,150- , -e1ect0r5,229,925. For the vacancies which have arisen . in England and Wales there have been 72 contests-5 3in the boroughs and 9in the counties—in Ireland, 7-5 in the boroughs and 2in the counties—in Scotland 3, in the counties only. Thus altogether there have been GS contests in the be. roughs of the ULitcd Kingdom, and 14 in the counties ; total, 82. 49 constituencies have therefore been uncon tested in returning their new members. Of the changes which have taken place there were 16 in 1859, 33 in 1860, 2S in 1801, 25 in 1502, 34 in 1863, and 18 in the year now closing, Of the causes which have led to these 151 vacant cies, 61 members have died, 51 have resigned consequent on ill health, old age, or promotion to appointments involv ing the loss of their seats; 26 have become peers, either by succession or by creation ; 11 have been unseated, and two new seats have been made. Liberals were succeeded by Liberals in 55 of the consti tuencies—eight counties and 47 boroughs. Conservatives were succeeded by Conservatives in 41 places--22 counties and 19 boroughs. In 22 constituencies Liberals have been replaced by Conservatives-8 counties and 14 boroughs, while Conservatives have been returned for the two seats which have been created, Birkenhead and South Lanca shire. This would make a total Opposition gain of 24 seats in the following order :—Aberdeenshire, Ayrshire, Biver- Icy; Birkenhead, Boston, Brighton, Bucks, Cork (county), Coventry, Devonport, Exeter, Great Grimsby, Harwich, Her's, South Lancashire, Leicester, Londonderry, Oxford shire, Southampton, Taunton, Tynemouth, Wakefield, South Wilts. and the North Riding of Yorkshire. On the other hand, Conservatives have been replaced by Liberals in nine constituencies—three counties and six boroughs. namely, Belfast, Berwick, Bodmin, North Durham, East Kent, Montgomery, Plymouth, Roscommon, and Whitby. The net gain to the Conservatives since the assembling of the present Parliament is therefore 15 seats. At Lincoln the gain to the Liberals through the substitution of Mr Seely for Major Sibthorp was subsequently counterba lanced by the victory of Mr Chapman over Mr Heneage. In like manner at Pontefract the Liberal gain through the election of Mr Childers in the room of Mr Overend was afterwards nullified by the succession of Major Waterhouse to the seat which Mr Monckton Milnes had held for a quar ter of a century.— Western. Morning .Nezes, Dac, 29. The War in America, (From the _lndex.) The last mail from America bore, on the face of the telegram, about the heaviest news that has been received from the Confederacy this year, Happily we are in a position to assert with tolerable confia dente that one half is false and the other half so highly coloured as to deprive it of the painful importance at first attached to it. The two great features of the news arc the alleged capture of Savannah and the reported defeat of Hood. It is strange that they should have so easily deceived the English public. We will take the Savannah canard first. It originated with a paper published at Baltimore, on the strength of a report furnished by a nameless individual at Fortress Monroe, from a transport which left Charleston Bar on the 141 inst. This can hardly be considered very satisfactory evidence, even if un. cintraaicted. But the Richmond papers publish news up to a later date than any intelligence that could have been received at Charleston Bar on the 14th, and in their columns not a word is said as to the capture of Savannah, or even its attack. What facts the Richmond papers do give decidedly nega tive the assault and capture, for they report the storming and capture of Fort M'Allister, 16 miles to the south-west of Savannah, on the Ogeechee River, on the 14'h inst.; and it is absurd to suppose that Sherman would have marched with his whole army 15 miles away from Savannah for the capture of a solitary fort, and march 15 miles back and then capture SAvannah after eight hcurs' lighting, in the course of 24 hours. Slvatinah is a strongly fortified town, standing on a very easily defensible site. Its communications with Charleston, and therefore with Virginia, are intact. Its garrison is said to consist of a . force numerically equal to S To suppose that he would attack such a town with his j idLd troops is to suppose him mad ; and to believe that in eight hours, without siege artillery, he had compelled General Hardee with 10,000 men to sur render, is to display an amount of belief hardly to be expected, even in this age of eager credulity. All that is certain is that Sherman has reached the sea, aad opened communication with Dahlgren's fleet; that he has obtained a point of egress; and that what is left of his army is safe. Safety and not conquest was his first object. The former he has in all probability attained by the capture of Fort M'Allister; the latter, we venture to assert, he will not be in a position to achieve for some time to come. The news from Nashville does not rest on so debatable a basis, but it is evidently exaggerated. According to the Federal accounts, General Thomas on the 15th made an attack upon the Confederate line, had captured vast quantities of materiel, 16 guns, 1,000 prisoners, and driven back the left wing of Hood's army some eight miles with the loss of 500 men. The weight of the attack appears to have been directed against that portion of the army which blockaded the Cumberland River west of Nashville ; and here, no doubt, the Federal gunboats obtained a success for Gen. Thomas's army. But it must be observed that no mention is made of a general attack, so that there is no reason to believe that the position of the centre and right of Hood's army was in any way endangered. The whole affair seems to have been rather a successful sortie than a great battle, and it is evident that if another en gagement took place on the subsequent day it would come off under very different conditions. The Fedex rale would lose the aid of their gunboats, and they would have to assault and carry earthworks defended by veteran soldiers. Moreover, a few hours would suffice to recall Forrest with his cavalry and give the Confederates a vast superiority in that arm. Gen. Thomas has not often had occasion to make inde. pendent reports to his Government. But we have invariably noticed that when he does write a de. spatch it is highly inventive, and we quite expect that the arrival of the Cunard steamer will show a very different version of the matter. It cannot be denied, however, that Hood's position was a weak one. He must have occupied a line some seven miles in extent. He had despatched one division and all his cavalry to Murfreesborough, another division had gone northward into Kentucky. The force with which he had partially invested Nashville could not have much exceeded the command of Gen. Thomas, and we question the prudence of holding such an extended line with his greatly reduced strength. Of the sub sequent battle of the 16th we cannot speak with certainty. According to unofficial reports, Thomas had gained a great victory, bad driven Hood from all his intrenched positions, captured 3,000 prisoners and 30 cannon, in fact, routed the Confederate army, The story is improbable, to say the least of it, but it Hood's intrenched positions have been taken,it must have cost the Federals too dearly to admit of a very , active pursuit of Hood's army, and Forrest's supe riority in cavalry will prevent any disaster. A battle will have been lost, and Nashville will have been saved ; but Northern Georgia and Northern Alabama will not the less have been rescued from the invader. As to General Canby's flourish of trumpets about the severance of Hood's commu nications with Mobile, it is simply absurd. Hocd drew neither men nor material from Mobilo any more than he did from Richmond, and General Warren might with almost as much reason have boasted of cutting his com munications with Peters burg. But Canby's despatch is a fair specimen of Yankee brag. We are not without hops that ) Thomas's victory of the 16th will turn out, like Sehofleld's triumph at Franklin, a very doubtful affair. The public has so often heard of Con. federate armies "routed and demoralised," whi c h a week afterwards have struck a vigorous and succcessful blow at the enemy, that it will be slow to believe in the pleasing prospect held up by a Federal organ in this country of General Thomas reoccupying Southern territory as far south as "the Etowah river." on, N EWSPAPER t7Ric , ;" , ,c-'&VW Naval and Military IlLti4ll'" \ • Y fLir,3 esterday the op era ti ons o f fixing ‘tite.fit4-of armour - plates to the s id es o f the irdaladitgaa frigate Bellerophon, 14, 2 ; 240 tons, 1,000 horse power was commenced in the second dock at Chats ham, in which that vessel is under construction, and' the work of bolting the thousand tons and up wards of armour to the exterior of the frigate will be proceeded with as rapidly as the resources of the dockyard will permit. The plate fixed to the midship starboard aides yesterday was one of thew supplied by the Millwali Iron Company, to which firm has been confided the task of preparing the armour-plates required for the vessel. It is.one cf the best rolled iron, and weighs nearly seven tons, its dimension s being 16 t. in length by four feet in breadth, and Gin. in thickness, the uniform thelas ness of the armour-plates carried by the Bellern phon along both sides of her midst - Apo battery. lie Warrior, Achilles, end Black Prince will be prcs vided with plates of 4:n. only. lo addition, how ever, to the extra thickness of armour-plating given t o the Bellerophon, her inner or skin plates ere 4in. in thickness, which is nearly en inch in excess of the inside plates of the Achilles, the latter frigate having her inner plates worked to 9 I'3ths of an inch only in thickness. BeeNeem the outer and inner plates of the Bellerophon, however, the timber backing has been very materally reduced, the planking to which the armour plates are at. tacked being only 10in. in thickness, the additional couple of inches in the thickness of iron which cover her sides being considered more than an equi valent for the reduction effected in the wooden backing. In the Bellerophon it will thus be seen that shot and shell will have to penetrate riin of solid iron and the teak backing, while in the Minotaur_ the -thickness of armour plating and inner plates is but six inches, and in the Warrior only five. The bolts far securing the plates to the sides of the frigate are prepared at Chatham dockyard, where arrangements have also been completed for galvanising them, without in curring the delay experienced in the construction of the Achilles by sending the bolts from the dockyard to London to be galvanised by a private firm, and afterwards received back at the dockyard. Expea rience would seem to prove, however, that little real advantage is obtained from the use of galvanised bolts, end it is therefore at present intended to disc pense with that process in the case of the Bellero phon by the use of the ordinary bolts of 2lin. in thickness. Six steam cranes are constantly em ployed alongside the Bellerophon dock in lifting the iron required for that vessel, and two more, of cons siderably larger dimensions, are now being erected alongside by Messrs Taylor and Co., of the Bri tannia Works, Birkenhead, for hoisting the armour plates to their place. In the construction of the iron frigate the utmost energy is being shown, and as an instance of the rapidity with which she is being built, it may he stated that the first piece of iron for her keel was lowered into the dock on the Bth of April last, and she is now sufficiently advanced to receive her armour plates. From her present rate of progress she will be completed and afloat before the close of the approaching year, the Bellerophon in this respect presenting a remarkable contrast to the Achilles, which was constructed in the same deck. The irun frigate Achilles, Captain E. Vansittart, remained at Spithead yesterday, awaiting orders from the Admiralty, who it is anticipated will direct her to proceed to Davouport to be docked and replace her damaged propeller with a perfLet one. The diver who has been sent down to examine the ship reports two out of the four blades of the screw to be broken off from the boss, bat no other damage is visible. The suddenly accelerated speed of the Achilles' engines on the loss of these two out of her four screw blades, to which we re ferred in The Sun of yesterday, when noticing the accident, is just one of those circumstances that is always attended with the greatest possible danger to the engines where no certain mechanical self acting control is applied for the admission of steam to them according to the actual amount of work being done by the propeller. Na accident did occur to the engines of the Achilles on Wednesday by their suddenly increased number of revolutions, con• sequent upon the loss of her propeller blades; but the fact remains that serious danger for tome mo ments did exist from the " racing" of the engines, and serious damage to the machinery w,s in all probehility only averted by the prompt measures taken by the officers in charge of the ermine-room. There are two sets of conditions under which all steamships are liable to damage seriously their ma chinery when under full steaming power by the sud den " racing" of their engines. One is when a ship, like the Achilles, suddenly throws off a portion of the driving surface of her propeller; the other is when a ship under steam, in a heavy or following sea, lifts her stern, and with her stern her screw also, occasionally out of the water. In such cases the engines " race," to use the technical phrase, by the loss of resistance on the driving faces of the screws blades, and the danger to the ship's engines is al. ways imminent under such circumstances, and can only be averted as was done, happily in the Achilles by a prompt attention to the throttleavalve, or the accident really occurs as it did to the Himalaya by the racing of the engines, as the ship, running at tremendous speed on her return to England from her last foreign voyage, lifted her stern to the seas and with it propeller clear of the water. We have ex plained how the Achilles escaped accident to her max chinery, but the Himalaya cracked her shaft through, and will lie a useless ship for at least three month in Portsmouth harbour before she can again be made! ready for sea. In the mercantile steam navy this danger to engines is very effectually met by the application of a "governor," which regulates the admission of steam to the cylinders, in accord• ance with the actual work done by the propeller. The " Silver governor" is generally admitted to be the best contrivance of the kind, and it is already fitted on board upwards of 300 vessels in the mere cantile navy. The apparatus is extremely simple and effective. So long as the engines run at a unit form rate of speed the governor gives the steam free admission to the engines; but the slightest deviation from this uniformity of motion closes the throttle• valve and stops the supply of steam until the engines resume their even motion. In our report of the first trial of the Achilles at Portsmouth, which appeared in The Sun of the 15th inst., the ship's propeller was described as being " a fourebladed Mangin." This is now explained to have been an error. The screw of the Achilles has its four blades set round the boss at equi.distant intervals, singly, but Nos. 1 and 3 blades slightly in advance of Nos. 2 and 4. The ordinary Mangin screw has its four blades set on the propeller boss in pairs. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Lieut. Thomas Ramsbotham to the Royal Adelaide—R, D. Clements, midshipman, to the Hector—Geo, B. Long, naval cadet, to the Achilles—Henry D. Philips, nominated to a naval cadetship—Geo. H. Ryan, surgeon, to the Shannon —and Jas, C. Meagher, paymaster, to the Meander. Foreign Mail Packet List. MAILS DUE. Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. ...... Jan. 18. via Marseilles'......... Jan. 12. Brazil and Cape Verde, by British packet........ Jan. b. Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and St. Helena., Dec. 29. china, Penang, and Singapore, Nia Southan i pto n .Jan. 2. _ _ via Marseilles ...Dee. 27. Falkland Islands . ......... _...... Gibraltar, via Southamptt , t Dec 27. India (Calcutta), and Ceylon, via Southampton Jan. 2 via Marsoille Dec, 27. India (Bombay), via Southampton ...... Dec. 27. via Marseilles Dec. --. Portugal • .. • Malta, Egypt, anti A den, via Southampton Dcc. '27. via Mareeilles Dec, , Newfoundland Oporto and Vigo ... ......... U. S. and British N. Amorica, Ly Brit. packet... , Dec 29. by U.S. packet.... _ . _ _ . I.v Canadian paCliCt:Dec. 20. W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .Jan. 10. West Indies and Pacific , Dec. 29. Bahamas (via New York) Bermuda (ditto) ...Jan. 18. Cuba and Mexico ..Dec. 29. The only other steamer to arrive from New York this week is the Glasgow, which sailed on the same day as the Hanes. No later news is likely to be received before Monday, the next Cunard steamer being the Canada from Boston, which was to sail on the 21st, its sn )st of es. ast 34M 300 22 0 -0 ? At, ne; for 253 6 i 6 6 !co Ina eeti ill; ilt 4, of ~401 13 Of